56+ min ago  (233+ words) After four long years, the Pittsburgh Penguins have once again punched their ticket to Lord Stanley's dance. With a 5-2 win against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday, the Penguins clinched their first Stanley Cup Playoff berth since 2022, when they lost…...

1+ hour ago  (455+ words) NEWARK, N. J. -- For the first time in four years, it will soon be a great day for playoff hockey in Pittsburgh. The Penguins clinched a playoff spot Thursday night by beating the New Jersey Devils 5-2 to end a postseason drought that…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago  (389+ words) Tommy Novak and Egor Chinakhov scored nine seconds apart for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who clinched a playoff spot Thursday with a 5-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N. J. Bryan Rust, Evgeni Malkin and Erik Karlsson also scored for the…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (654+ words) Jake Mozarsky joined SNP as an Editorial Intern in March 2026 after earning both his bachelor's and master's degrees from Northwestern University. He has previously written for Marquee Sports Network, Chicago This Week, Inside NU and The Daily Northwestern." For the…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (1000+ words) Penguins right winger Bryan Rust (17) opened the scoring on Thursday off of a feed from Egor Chinakhov (59) as Pittsburgh clinched a playoff spot. NEWARK, N. J. " For the first time in four years, it will soon be a great day for playoff…...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago  (855+ words) There has been a sign with that word hanging above the Penguins locker room doors for a while now. It's a replica of the one used in "Ted Lasso,' with Sidney Crosby a fan of the show (do with that…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago  (85+ words) The Washington Post NEWARK, N. J. " For the first time in four years, it will soon be a great day for playoff hockey in Pittsburgh. The Penguins clinched a playoff spot Thursday night by beating New Jersey, ending their postseason drought that…...

11+ hour, 36+ min ago  (419+ words) The Penguins will be in the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2022. Here's an excerpt from my Trib Live. com column explaining how they did it. " Incredible depth scoring: 12 players with 10 goals or more. The three regular fourth-line…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago  (265+ words) Oskaloosa Herald Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin (71) shoots against New Jersey Devils centers Cody Glass (12) and Nick Bjugstad (72) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Newark, N. J. Pittsburgh Penguins center Tommy Novak skates with the puck…...

6+ hour, 31+ min ago  (1016+ words) Separated by a year in the NHL draft and by far more than that in temperament " Ovechkin all fire and fury, Crosby all calculated cool " they have spent the last two decades defining their franchises and redefining their sport in…...